Sugary ankle boots…silky undergarments…apron skirts.
If you fawned over Fendi’s spring / summer ’17 catwalk in Milan, you’ll have no doubt picked up on the not-so-subtle muse of the season: Marie Antoinette.
The young Queen of France's playful, risk-taking sartorial splendour (not to mention her obsession over of all things sweet and PINK) is now more popular than ever before. So, to celebrate Fendi’s SS17 womenswear collection the brand has released a new short film entitled ‘Girl’s Secret’ - an ode to the Austrian-born French royal.
Acclaimed film director and screenwriter, Rebecca Zlotowsky (her next project Planetarium stars Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp) has teamed up with the brand to create a film that ‘depicts an intimate atmosphere where FENDI femininity, kawaii techno and 18th century art de vivre collide.
The modern-day Marie Antoinette in question? Up-and-coming French actress Sigrid Bouaziz, currently starring alongside Kristen Stewart in the sultry psychological thriller Personal Shopper (In case you were wondering: it's nothing like Devil Wears Prada, though the name suggests).
‘It was incredible,’ Bouaziz told WWW. ‘I loved playing the role and put myself in the shoes of such an emancipated, free and self-confident woman, just like Marie Antoinette was at her time.’
Following the night out of an imaginary next-gen ‘Queen of France’, Sigrid wanders around Paris from sunset to dawn.
Although, being present day and all, selfie sessions are in abundance. Her ‘courtiers’ are played by the coolest fash pack; models Ella Richards and Maya Salomon, as well as actresses Tugba Sunguroglu and Marilyn Lima. And there’s not a hooped petticoat in sight…